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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Grove • BOS 10.6
2. Hubbell • NYG 10.1
3. Gehrig • NYY 9.7
4. Vaughan • PIT 8.0
5. Gehringer • DET 7.9
6. Ott • NYG 7.8
7. Ferrell • BOS 7.7
8. Dean • STL 7.7
9. Appling • CHW 7.2
10. Herman • CHC 7.2
WAR Position Players
1. Gehrig • NYY 9.7
2. Vaughan • PIT 8.0
3. Gehringer • DET 7.9
4. Ott • NYG 7.8
5. Appling • CHW 7.2
6. Herman • CHC 7.2
7. Waner • PIT 7.2
8. Medwick • STL 7.1
9. Averill • CLE 6.9
10. Bartell • NYG 6.4
Offensive WAR
1. Gehrig • NYY 9.8
2. Vaughan • PIT 8.1
3. Ott • NYG 7.6
4. Gehringer • DET 7.5
5. Averill • CLE 7.3
6. Appling • CHW 6.8
7. Waner • PIT 6.5
8. Medwick • STL 6.3
9. Camilli • PHI 6.3
10. Clift • SLB 6.0
Defensive WAR
1. Bartell • NYG 3.8
2. Jurges • CHC 2.3
3. Whitehead • NYG 2.1
4. Cuccinello • BSN 2.0
5. Warstler • 2TM 1.8
6. Herman • CHC 1.8
7. Rogell • DET 1.5
8. Mancuso • NYG 1.4
9. Appling • CHW 1.3
10. Hale • CLE 1.2
Batting Average
1. Gibson • PC .389
2. Appling • CHW .388
3. Averill • CLE .378
4. Waner • PIT .373
5. Parnell • PS .367
6. Phelps • BRO .367
7. Dickey • NYY .362
8. Benjamin • HG .360
9. Scales • NBY .358
10. Harris • HG .355
On-Base%
1. Gibson • PC .478
2. Gehrig • NYY .478
3. Appling • CHW .474
4. Leonard • HG .471
5. Vaughan • PIT .453
6. Ott • NYG .448
7. Waner • PIT .446
8. Benjamin • HG .442
9. Camilli • PHI .441
10. Foxx • BOS .440
Slugging %
1. Gibson • PC .783
2. Gehrig • NYY .696
3. Trosky • CLE .644
4. Foxx • BOS .631
5. Averill • CLE .627
6. Dickey • NYY .617
7. Benjamin • HG .593
8. Dihigo • NYC .591
9. Ott • NYG .588
10. Stearnes • PS .581
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Gibson • PC 1.261
2. Gehrig • NYY 1.174
3. Foxx • BOS 1.071
4. Averill • CLE 1.065
5. Leonard • HG 1.051
6. Dickey • NYY 1.045
7. Ott • NYG 1.036
8. Benjamin • HG 1.035
9. Trosky • CLE 1.026
10. Camilli • PHI 1.018
Games Played
1. Hassett • BRO 156
Suhr • PIT 156
Vaughan • PIT 156
4. Foxx • BOS 155
Knickerbocker • CLE 155
Gehrig • NYY 155
Bell • SLB 155
Lary • SLB 155
Medwick • STL 155
10. Cramer • BOS 154
Demaree • CHC 154
Gehringer • DET 154
Owen • DET 154
Whitehead • NYG 154
Norris • PHI 154
At Bats
1. Jensen • PIT 696
2. Finney • PHA 653
3. Moore • NYG 649
4. Cramer • BOS 643
5. Gehringer • DET 641
6. Hughes • CLE 638
7. Moore • BSN 637
DiMaggio • NYY 637
9. Medwick • STL 636
10. Hassett • BRO 635
Plate Appearances
1. Lary • SLB 745
2. Crosetti • NYY 740
3. Gehringer • DET 731
Jensen • PIT 731
5. Gehrig • NYY 719
6. Cramer • BOS 713
7. Herman • CHC 709
8. Hughes • CLE 708
9. Finney • PHA 703
10. Vaughan • PIT 701
Clift • SLB 701
Runs Scored
1. Gehrig • NYY 167
2. Clift • SLB 145
3. Gehringer • DET 144
4. Crosetti • NYY 137
5. Averill • CLE 136
6. DiMaggio • NYY 132
7. Foxx • BOS 130
8. Hale • CLE 126
9. Trosky • CLE 124
10. Goslin • DET 122
Vaughan • PIT 122
Hits
1. Averill • CLE 232
2. Gehringer • DET 227
3. Medwick • STL 223
4. Waner • PIT 218
5. Trosky • CLE 216
6. Demaree • CHC 212
Bell • SLB 212
8. Herman • CHC 211
9. Radcliff • CHW 207
10. DiMaggio • NYY 206
Total Bases
1. Trosky • CLE 405
2. Gehrig • NYY 403
3. Averill • CLE 385
4. Foxx • BOS 369
5. DiMaggio • NYY 367
Medwick • STL 367
7. Gehringer • DET 356
8. Hale • CLE 314
Ott • NYG 314
10. Bell • SLB 309
Doubles
1. Medwick • STL 64
2. Gehringer • DET 60
3. Herman • CHC 57
4. Walker • DET 55
5. Waner • PIT 53
6. Hale • CLE 50
Chapman • 2TM 50
8. Trosky • CLE 45
Solters • SLB 45
10. DiMaggio • NYY 44
Triples
1. Averill • CLE 15
DiMaggio • NYY 15
Rolfe • NYY 15
4. Goodman • CIN 14
Johnson • PHA 14
6. Hale • CLE 13
Camilli • PHI 13
Medwick • STL 13
Lewis • WSH 13
10. Moore • BSN 12
Riggs • CIN 12
Gehringer • DET 12
Suhr • PIT 12
Bell • SLB 12
Home Runs
1. Gehrig • NYY 49
2. Trosky • CLE 42
3. Foxx • BOS 41
4. Ott • NYG 33
5. DiMaggio • NYY 29
6. Averill • CLE 28
Camilli • PHI 28
8. Berger • BSN 25
Johnson • PHA 25
Klein • 2TM 25
Runs Batted In
1. Trosky • CLE 162
2. Gehrig • NYY 152
3. Foxx • BOS 143
4. Bonura • CHW 138
Medwick • STL 138
6. Ott • NYG 135
7. Solters • SLB 134
8. Appling • CHW 128
9. Averill • CLE 126
10. Goslin • DET 125
DiMaggio • NYY 125
Bases on Balls
1. Gehrig • NYY 130
2. Vaughan • PIT 118
3. Lary • SLB 117
4. Camilli • PHI 116
5. Clift • SLB 115
6. Ott • NYG 111
7. Foxx • BOS 105
8. Lazzeri • NYY 97
9. Suhr • PIT 95
10. Bonura • CHW 94
Selkirk • NYY 94
West • SLB 94
Strikeouts
1. Foxx • BOS 119
2. Brubaker • PIT 96
3. Berger • BSN 84
Camilli • PHI 84
5. Crosetti • NYY 83
6. Moore • BSN 80
7. Norris • PHI 79
8. Solters • SLB 76
9. Johnson • PHA 71
10. Puccinelli • PHA 70
West • SLB 70
Stolen Bases
1. Lary • SLB 37
2. Powell • 2TM 26
3. Werber • BOS 23
Martin • STL 23
5. Hughes • CLE 20
Chapman • 2TM 20
7. Crosetti • NYY 18
8. Hack • CHC 17
Walker • DET 17
Chiozza • PHI 17
Martin • STL 17
Singles
1. Radcliff • CHW 161
2. Appling • CHW 160
Moore • NYG 160
Finney • PHA 160
5. Demaree • CHC 159
6. Hassett • BRO 154
7. Waner • PIT 151
8. Cramer • BOS 150
Averill • CLE 150
10. Moses • PHA 149
Bell • SLB 149
Adjusted OPS+
1. Gibson • PC 217
2. Gehrig • NYY 190
3. Ott • NYG 177
4. Leonard • HG 167
5. Mize • STL 162
6. Benjamin • HG 162
7. Camilli • PHI 162
8. Dickey • NYY 158
9. Medwick • STL 158
10. Waner • PIT 157
Runs Created
1. Gehrig • NYY 189
2. Averill • CLE 167
3. Foxx • BOS 163
4. Gehringer • DET 153
5. Trosky • CLE 152
6. Medwick • STL 141
7. Ott • NYG 139
8. Waner • PIT 135
9. Camilli • PHI 132
10. DiMaggio • NYY 128
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Gehrig • NYY 87
2. Ott • NYG 64
3. Averill • CLE 54
4. Waner • PIT 52
5. Foxx • BOS 52
6. Camilli • PHI 52
7. Medwick • STL 49
8. Vaughan • PIT 47
9. Gehringer • DET 45
10. Trosky • CLE 39
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Gehrig • NYY 7.6
2. Ott • NYG 6.1
3. Waner • PIT 5.0
4. Camilli • PHI 5.0
5. Medwick • STL 4.8
6. Averill • CLE 4.7
7. Foxx • BOS 4.6
8. Vaughan • PIT 4.6
9. Gehringer • DET 4.0
10. Mize • STL 3.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Trosky • CLE 96
2. Medwick • STL 95
3. Gehrig • NYY 93
4. DiMaggio • NYY 88
5. Gehringer • DET 87
6. Averill • CLE 82
7. Foxx • BOS 81
8. Hale • CLE 77
9. Walker • DET 72
10. Clift • SLB 71
Times On Base
1. Gehrig • NYY 342
2. Gehringer • DET 314
3. Vaughan • PIT 313
4. Foxx • BOS 304
5. Averill • CLE 298
Lary • SLB 298
7. Clift • SLB 296
8. Waner • PIT 295
9. Bonura • CHW 292
10. Ott • NYG 291
Offensive Win %
1. Gibson • PC .878
2. Gehrig • NYY .830
3. Ott • NYG .797
4. Averill • CLE .791
5. Camilli • PHI .783
6. Leonard • HG .783
7. Waner • PIT .783
8. Foxx • BOS .779
9. Dickey • NYY .771
10. Mize • STL .770
Hit By Pitch
1. Crosetti • NYY 12
2. Piet • CHW 9
Goodman • CIN 9
4. Berger • BSN 8
Walker • DET 8
6. Lombardi • CIN 7
Riggs • CIN 7
Owen • DET 7
Whitehead • NYG 7
Gehrig • NYY 7
Clift • SLB 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Haas • CHW 23
2. Norris • PHI 21
3. Warstler • 2TM 19
4. Bartell • NYG 18
5. Demaree • CHC 17
Herman • CHC 17
Whitehead • NYG 17
8. Cramer • BOS 16
Cuccinello • BSN 16
10. Kreevich • CHW 15
Whitney • 2TM 15
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Mize • STL 21
2. Ott • NYG 16
3. Sewell • CHW 12
Suhr • PIT 12
5. Foxx • BOS 11
Vosmik • CLE 11
7. Davis • STL 10
8. Bonura • CHW 9
Gehrig • NYY 9
Vaughan • PIT 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Lee • BSN 23
2. Jordan • BSN 20
Demaree • CHC 20
4. Whitehead • NYG 18
Norris • PHI 18
Durocher • STL 18
7. Brubaker • PIT 17
8. Herman • CHC 16
Jurges • CHC 16
Mancuso • NYG 16
Caught Stealing
1. Hack • CHC 18
2. Riggs • CIN 15
3. Knickerbocker • CLE 14
4. Werber • BOS 13
5. Galan • CHC 12
Chiozza • PHI 12
7. Hassett • BRO 11
Coscarart • BSN 11
Cuyler • CIN 11
Powell • 2TM 11
Power-Speed #
1. Foxx • BOS 19.7
2. Goslin • DET 17.7
3. Crosetti • NYY 16.4
4. Kuhel • WSH 15.5
5. Selkirk • NYY 15.1
6. Clift • SLB 15.0
7. Martin • STL 14.9
8. Walker • DET 14.1
9. Werber • BOS 13.9
10. Powell • 2TM 12.2
AB per SO
1. Waner • PIT 82.8
2. Radcliff • CHW 51.5
3. Gehringer • DET 49.3
4. Hassett • BRO 37.4
5. Jensen • PIT 36.6
6. Stripp • BRO 36.6
7. Cooney • BRO 33.8
8. Cramer • BOS 32.2
9. Finney • PHA 29.7
10. Sewell • CHW 28.2
AB per HR
1. Gibson • PC 9.7
2. Gehrig • NYY 11.8
3. Dihigo • NYC 14.1
4. Foxx • BOS 14.3
5. Trosky • CLE 15.0
6. Ott • NYG 16.2
7. Camilli • PHI 18.9
8. Dickey • NYY 19.2
9. Leonard • HG 20.7
10. Stearnes • PS 21.0
Outs Made
1. Jensen • PIT 532
2. Whitehead • NYG 500
3. Cramer • BOS 477
4. Moore • BSN 473
5. Norris • PHI 472
6. Hughes • CLE 468
7. Hassett • BRO 467
8. Finney • PHA 465
9. Crosetti • NYY 463
10. Knickerbocker • CLE 461
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Gehrig • NYY 95.75
2. Ott • NYG 79.00
3. Appling • CHW 71.11
4. Medwick • STL 70.27
5. Averill • CLE 66.53
6. Foxx • BOS 64.33
7. Waner • PIT 55.30
8. Suhr • PIT 54.24
9. Trosky • CLE 53.08
10. Camilli • PHI 52.62
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ott • NYG 8.4
2. Gehrig • NYY 7.1
3. Mize • STL 6.2
4. Suhr • PIT 5.9
5. Medwick • STL 5.8
6. Averill • CLE 5.4
7. Foxx • BOS 5.2
8. Dickey • NYY 5.1
9. Appling • CHW 5.1
10. Camilli • PHI 4.3
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Gehrig • NYY 7.6
2. Ott • NYG 6.8
3. Averill • CLE 5.7
4. Medwick • STL 5.3
5. Foxx • BOS 4.8
6. Camilli • PHI 4.8
7. Dickey • NYY 4.4
8. Appling • CHW 4.4
9. Waner • PIT 4.3
10. Clift • SLB 4.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Ott • NYG 21.1
2. Mize • STL 19.5
3. Gehrig • NYY 18.2
4. Medwick • STL 17.9
5. Herman • CHC 10.6
6. Demaree • CHC 8.9
7. Selkirk • NYY 8.0
8. Dickey • NYY 7.8
9. Martin • STL 7.4
10. Foxx • BOS 6.5
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Gehrig • NYY 8.5
2. Ott • NYG 7.6
3. Medwick • STL 6.8
4. Appling • CHW 6.1
5. Averill • CLE 5.8
6. Foxx • BOS 5.5
7. Waner • PIT 5.3
8. Suhr • PIT 5.2
9. Mize • STL 4.9
10. Camilli • PHI 4.8

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements